18. November 2021, 13:55
Pandemic causes boom in pastoral telephone worries
The reported positive corona tests in Austria are increasing every day, today we are at over 15,000. There are days like these when a particularly large number of people call hotlines such as the telephone counseling service. This is shown by a study that evaluated over eight million calls around the world.
Design: Tobias Gassner-Speckmoser
With: Valentin Klotzbücher, economist and statistician at the University of Freiburg (D)
“Help @ Covid” provides support with mental health problems
“Help @ Covid” is the name of an offer from the Innsbruck Medical University that aims to support adults with psychological or psychosomatic complaints in the corona pandemic. Short videos provide information on topics such as “Fears and Worries”, “Daily Structure” and “Mistakes and Guilt”. There are also tools such as questionnaires that people can use to assess their own condition and monitor the course of their exposure. “Help @ Covid” can be found online and also as an app for the Android and iOS operating systems.
With: Barbara Sperner-Unterweger, Director of the University Clinic for Psychiatry at the Medical University of Innsbruck
Liverpool University offers Beatles degree
The University of Liverpool recently started studying the Beatles – not just their music, but how they changed culture. The aim is to question the prevailing thinking about the band, according to one lecturer.
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